Water hardness
Water softener
adjustment
German
degrees
(°dH)
French
degrees
(°fH)
mmol/l Clarke
degrees
Manual Elec-
tronic
37 - 42 65 - 75 6.5 - 7.5 46 - 52
2
1)
8
29 - 36 51 - 64 5.1 - 6.4 36 - 45
2
1)
7
23 - 28 40 - 50 4.0 - 5.0 28 - 35
2
1)
6
19 - 22 33 - 39 3.3 - 3.9 23 - 27
2
1)
5
1)
15 - 18 26 - 32 2.6 - 3.2 18 - 22 1 4
11 - 14 19 - 25 1.9 - 2.5 13 - 17 1 3
4 - 10 7 - 18 0.7 - 1.8 5 - 12 1 2
< 4 < 7 < 0.7 < 5
1
2)
1
2)
1)
Factory position.
2)
Do not use salt at this level.
You must adjust the water soften-
er manually and electronically.
Manual adjustment
Turn the water hardness dial to the posi-
tion 1 or 2.
Electronic adjustment
1. Press the on/off button to activate the
appliance.
2. Make sure that the appliance is in set-
ting mode. Refer to ‘SETTING AND
STARTING A PROGRAMME’.
3.
Press and hold the programme button
until the programme indicator (A)
starts to flash and the programme in-
dicator (B) comes on.
4.
Wait until the programme indicator (B)
goes off and the end indicator starts to
flash (the programme indicator (A)
continues to flash).
5.
Press the programme button.
• The end indicator flashes intermit-
tently. The number of flashes shows
the level of the water softener, e.g. 5
flashes + pause + 5 flashes = level
5.
6. To adjust the level of the water soften-
er, press the programme button. Each
time you press the programme button
you go to the next level.
7. Deactivate the appliance to confirm
the setting.
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